Upper Respiratory Tract Infections (URTIs) are viral in 80% of the cases (Mazur, 2010) but antibiotic prescribing in these illnesses still remains a problem in many places, where about 60% of patients with URTIs receive ...

Namibia has seen a decline in reported malaria cases of up to 97.4% between 2001 and 2011. The country was nominated as one of 8 countries in Southern Africa (E8) ready to move from the control phase to the elimination ...

Early diagnosis in cancer greatly affects treatment success of which the most important components are education (knowledge) and encouragement of the target population to participate in early diagnostic procedures (World ...

Nurses are exposed to high levels of occupational hazards. The researcher had a question as to whether nurses have knowledge on the work-related risks to which they are exposed, for them to be able to prevent and manage ...

Secondary stroke occurs in approximately one third of stroke survivors within five
years thus it is a major public health concern. Secondary stroke occurrences largely
represent failed secondary prevention. There is ...

Knowledge, attitude and practice of health care workers have a greater impact on proper waste segregation globally. Therefore, in this paper it was essential to explore the knowledge, attitude and practice of HCWs on waste ...

Malaria remains a major public health problem in Namibia; the country is classified unstable and prone to malaria epidemics, thus the indoor residual spraying programme was established in early 60‟s, after assessment study ...

The impacts of teenage pregnancy, HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections among the youth such as dropout from school, long term effects and death is felt by most people worldwide. As a result of this, teenagers ...

Epilepsy is the most common serious and chronic neurological disorder worldwide. Lack of knowledge and negative attitudes among teachers towards epilepsy causes stigmatization and discrimination of children diagnosed with ...

Despite mass media campaigns to provide information on how to promote healthy lifestyle and sexual behaviour among the population, especially among the youth, there is evidence that risky sexual behaviour are more prevalent ...

The largest source of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in children is through mother-to-child transmission and the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programme plays a big role in reducing the ...

In Namibia almost one out of every three children under the age of five is undernourished while one out of every 20 is obese. Thus, the concerns are nature and quality of Grade 2 scholars’ routine diet; ability for sustained ...

The effects of hypertension are cumulative with regard to its negative influence on
the organ system in the body. Equipped with the right knowledge, a person can
either prevent or slow down these cumulative effects or ...